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THE LABOR ENQUIRER. 368 Lawkbr Strict, Sfn DENVER, - - - - COLORADO. offlclal Or|w of tile Rocky Xontala Social League. WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. Weekly Text So. 12, Sunday , lorember 7. What the Bible say* to the Legislator, the Judge, the Priest, the Landlord, the Capi talist, the Rich Man and the Trader; To the Flve-per-cent Philanthropists, the protlt-mongerlng Chapel Builders and those who think the scraps and refuse from the tables of the rich good enough for the poor. “For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his month ; for he is the messen ger of the Lord of hosts. But ye are de parted out of the way ; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.” —Malachi ii. 7-8. WHAT THK BIBLE ENJOINS ON SOCIALISTS. “Defend the poor and fatherless ; do justice to the afflicted and needy. De liver the poor and the needy : rid them out of the hand of '.he wicked.” —Psalm lixxii. 3 4. Labor Notes. At a large demonstration of miners held in Bnrgh hall, Airdrie, on Thurs day last, speeches of a decidedly Social istic character were delivered by several of the delegates, and received with marked approval. Comrade P. Valera, of Milan, who was present bv invitation, delivered a short Socialist address, his sentiments being exceedingly well re ceived. Afterwards a resolution— moved and seconded by miners’ dele gates—sending greeting to the miners of Italy, and expressing the hope that the miners of all countries would soon unite and take joint action against the oppres sion of landlords and capitalists, was carried with great enthusiasm, and handed to Comrade Valera to convev to the miners of Italy.—J. G. in Common weal. In Central Park, New York, an un known man committed suicide in the lake. When taken from the water a string was found tied tightly about his bodv, which had cut into the flesh, evi dently placed there to stav the pangs of hunger. In New York suicide is a crime, and yet that was the only wav of relief from intolerable hunger and des pair.—Craftsman. About 350 delegates from all the states and Canada were present in the Metro politan opera house last Wednesday afternoon at the opening of the twenty third convention of the international Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Chief Engineer Arthur, Millionaire De pew, Governor Abbett, R a v. D. Talmage, and other notable persons were among the speakers. Mr. Arthuur dwelt upon the harmony between capita! and labor in his usual vein, and also repeated his familiar argument against the Brother hood co-operating for any purpose with the unions of other industries, Mr. Jav Gould and other leading capitalists pay the heavy expenses of the convention. It was announced that there was a great deal of business to be done at the ses sion.— Swinton. Labor agitators are cranks, and a close student of the evils of a system which brings despair and death iu the wake of monopoly is a dangerous fellow, to be classed with Anarchists. And vet we have lived to see many of these cranky notions enacted into law, and hope to see many more take the same course. — Craltsman. The result of the Chicago packers’ strike has placed-the business men of ibis country under further and lasting obligations to Mr. Pinkerton.—Chicago Tribune. MATERIAL DIƑERENCE Between Communlim and Soclall.nl. » Mavor IJarrison of Chicago, in an in terview withfa newspaper reporter, made the foliowing.sratements concerning the difference between the Anarchist, So cialist, and Communist: "there is a wide distinction to be made between the Socialists of Chicago, the Communists and Anarchists. When 1 c?me into office.” he continued, "some eight years ago, there were two aider men who had been elected on what was Known as the Socialistic ticket. Later others were added, and at one ti tie there were Sve members of the board who were chosen by tne electors of Chi cago as their representatives in the city council, with the distinct understanding of their political convictions." "Did they make good public officers ?" "Admirable! Capital! Some of the beet conceived, the most beneficial measures passed bv the coalman council originated with these Socialists.” "Such as ” “Well, they suggested this system of factory inspection which brought about the correction of ovanv frightful abuses, sal resulted in benefits untold to em ployes It was entirely due to them that measures were passed com polling the owners of great stores in which women are employed to provide seats so that they need not stand all day. Dbev also suggested, and carried through l : '):ght sav, an ordinance in regard to tenement house inspection and tene ment house regulations, which was of widespread benefit. And, as I had oc casion to sav in a public speech not long s 'Dce, not one word was ever breathed Kgamst their integrity, their honesty or ibeir sense of obligation to their constit tcuts and the city at large. Socialists ar « dissatisfied with the existing state things. They hope and look for a change. They do not in our preset laws, nor do they think that so long as the present class of men is elected to legislatures the laws will be aQ y better. They recognize, as who d »e« not, that the la v-makiug powers *re absolutely in the hands and under «. the control of the monopolists, the- cor porations, the men of wealth. Now we recognise that as well as thev. So far as that is concerned they are simply the exponent of a -tremendous column of workingmen in this country, and not only of workingmen, but of many ef our most intelligent thinkers and writers. ‘‘Communists go one step further. They believe in having all property in common. Now, I don’t say that a Com munist is not a Socialist, but I do say that a Socialist is no more a Communist than a free-thinker is of necessity a So cialist, a Communist or an Anarchist “Then there are the Anarchists. They believe in having no law whatever, iu having no holding of property. Thev would not take the coat off my back be cause that coat is in my possession ; it is mv personal property; but they do not believe that I have any right to a horse that is in a stable around the corner, un less he is iu my actual physical posses sion. The ownership of property being taken awav, there is no possibility of theft. These poor, misguided persons don’t know that this sort of argument, this kind of unsettlement of affairs, uas been known and going on since civiliza sion began and, for all I know, since the human race was started. Rome, Greece, France and Germany have each had their trial of it, and now having once* a glimmer of an idea born in their untu tored minds, they seize it with great avidity and pride themselves upon hav ing found something n ew. “Now, I would be untrue to fact, I would be false to my observation, if I were to say that the Socialists of Chicago, as represented bv these former associ ates of mine, were bad men, were bad citizens, just as false as I shouli be if I were to assume that they sympathized in any sense whatever with the fulmina tions or the operations of the Anarch ists. Ido not believe they sympathize with these bomb throwers or extremists of anv mature, any more than any self respecting, community-serving men do.” Five rears ago we predicted that Mr. Pinkerton’s men would be the future preservers of law and order, and the packers’ strikfe, recently settled bvthem, is proof of the wisdom of our prediction. —Methodist Herald. LONDON SOCIALISTS. An Aggreuive Crusade to Popularixe Socialism. London, Oct. 29. —The London Social ists are about to start a Socialist crusade for the double purpose of keeping the misery of the poor well in evidence, and and of stipulating their propaganda. The funeral procession which is to fol low the lord mayor’s circus show is only the first of a constant series of aggressive demonstrations which are intended to outwit the authorities and popularize Socialism. St. Paul's cathedral is to be visited some Sunday by perhaps 20,000 or 30,000 of the followers of the body. The outsides of clubs and mansions, in cluding the royal palace, are to Oe made the scenes of simila- demonstrations. Tne exhibition, British -museum, and other public places are, if possible, to be the scenes of these, gloomy fetes, but the grand effort is to be made on the occa sion of the queen’s jubilee. The arange ments for the lord mayor’s day will be as follows : Arches and banners will be hung in mournful black, and cynical, picture mottoes beneath pictorial turtles will greet “Welcome to the King of Glut tons bv the Starving People,” and the like. Flags, black and red, suitably em blazoned and mottoed, will be profusely dotted through the ranks of the pro cession, the leaders of which will be mounted on crape-draped horses. If possible the Socialist procession is to follow immediately on that of the lord tmyor ; but if it is seen that life would be imperiled among the veiling crowd which usually bring up the rear of the show a wait of a few minutes will be sounded. Band will play the “Dead March in Saul,” and similar striaus. On arriving at the law eours the procession will be led to the embankment, and a congeries of short meetings held by wav of dismissal. Slavery Still. At the Universalisi’s general co i ven tion, held recently, at Akron, Ohio, the following resolution, introduced by Rev. E. M Edwards, of lowa, was unani mously adopted : Resolved, That while we rejoice that chattel slavery has been abrogated as it existed in a portion of our country when this convention assembled here in 1843 and uttered its protest against it, we are compelled to recognize tbe fact that hu man nature remains essentially the same; that the greed and i-ride and am bition which made such slavery possible are ever at work anu active in devising other forms of servitude which tend to reduce great masses of the people to the condition of “hewers of wood and draw ers of water” for others, and we lament the obvious fact that some of the laws, institutions and customs, and some of the organizations and ecouotr ic forces now at work jn the community are di rectly or indirectly producing results and conditions between man and man, contrary to the plainest principles of natural justice and Christian love, and especially subversive of that golden rule which teaches us to do unto others as we would that others should do unto ns. PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINERS. Their Condition U a* Horrible as That of their Brethren in Belgium. The following from a Pennsylvania paper, might be referred to those who ask the question r Why does Anarchy and Socialism find converts in Amer ica T “A McKeesport gentleman yesterday visited Scott Haven on business and was horrified at the state of affairs he found at that place. The immense mines of W. L. Scott A Co. are located at that place, an f when running in fall about 2;600 men are employed, but the miners have come out so often to right griev ances and fought Scott and his hirelings so long that they have been reduced to the most abject misery and want. “Hundreds of them have moved or been dsrven away,” said the gentleman to a News man, “and found other places to work, and their places filled by the low est kind of cheap labor, principally Hungarians. The miners now living, there are almost starving, and you can not cali it living at all. “I saw a practical illustration of the store-order system while in a store there yesterday afternoop, and I tell you it is pretty hard system. A little child came in and got a quarter’s worth of some kind of groceries, handed out a dirty book which contained little slips, each one worth a penny,and it took all in the book to pay for the purchase. You see, when the miner is paid off he is asked how much of his pav he wants in store orders, and while there is nothing compulsory about the orders, yet a miner who does not take them is soon discharged, md the company generally manages to get back the greater part of the pay at the company store. Half of the houses in the place are empty, and “destitution” is written on every door. The miners seem dejected and are leaving the place as rapidly as possible. It would learn some people a lesson in how miners snffer to see Scott Haven.” The Blander of the Rich. For better or for worse, the feeling has undoubtedly been growing of late that we are plunging into a political struggle between the rich and the poor, the aris tocrats and the plebians. Such a state of things mav be deprecated, but we do not see how it can be avoided. The issue has been forced bv the aristocracy and their retainers. Thev are forming a class as distinct from the plebians as can be found anywhere else in the world. They hold in their hand ail the sources of power, excepting universal suffrage, which is greater than all the others put together. Thev have seized the politi cal machinery, the public offices, and the administration of the government, all of which they work in their own in terest, to their own advantage. They take no heed of the condition of the sunken or sinking masses, and refuse to listen to their humble petitions for even a few palliatives. Like ail other aristoc racies, past and present, they have en trenched themselves behind privileges and prerogatives, looking for protecJoou to the government, which is their tool. Under the great monop >1 v rings they centered in New Yo k.Cnicago and San Francisco, they defy the millions whom they rob. It is a most regretful state of things for our republic; and if it were of any use, we would appeal to the rich to take steps toward a change. But they are deaf as was Pharaoh to the cries of Is rael. The masses, we sap, have begun to feel that thev must talce a stand against their unyielding masters; and their preparations for it are carrying dismay among the wealthy classes. We see it in the uproar raised by Hewitt and the monopoly gangs of both parties, at the very fir t blast of independence from the plebian ranks. The wealthy class, at least i.. this country, has blundered in arraying itself against the poorer cia'aes. Tne mere fact of the prodigious numerical prepon derance of the latter ought to have warned them against such folly. But there are more than mere majorities to be taken into acconnt. There is a new spirit abroad. The populace have a sense of wrong Within a few years, by means unknown to the wealthy classes, they have been acquiring such a know ledge of their rights and their power as has never before existed at the basis of any social structure. It may be de pended upon that they will put that knowledge, to service. We are just now seeing the first signs of it in a hundred localities. We suggest to all sides to act with dis cretion. No one need to have any doubt of the result when class is arrayed against class, in a struggle for supremacy between the monopolists and the pleb lans. Long live the UDterrified democracy ! —John SwiiMon. Six Pinkerton thugs are under arrest in Chicago for murder. Not content with murdering when .old to do so, they let their malignant disposition carry them too far, and hence incurred the inconvenience of temporary impris onment. Although they were hired assassins, employed by monopoly to in cite riot and cause bloodshed, yet they spent a week under arms at the Chicago stockyards withoat an opportunity to kill a single striker. This so enraged them that on being relieved fr >m duty, and while on the train going b ick into the city, they fired into a crowd of boys who were jeering at them, and with d3adly effect. At present public indig nation runs high, and the hired assas sins are freely denounced. This attack was no more cowarjlv and uncalled for than the attack of Bonftdd ani his thugs on the workingmen assembled at tbe havmarket. In this last case she crowd did not return tbe fire of the as sassins, but fled in terror. In the other case some one resisted the attack of the thugs, and resisted with the most effi cient weapon he could procure. Which crowd, reader, acted most like free men and American citizens? And_ which action most deserves vour sympathy ? Dallas Liberator. The Hope of Labor. The whole structure ol American in stitutions is based upon the unity of the human family and tne equality of tin man rights. No. partial recognition of these essential principles can claim to represent free government or afford se carity against tyranny and usurpation, and no true American can consistently* THE LABOR ENQUIRER LIVELY COMPETITION! Is causing quite a boom in the Clothing and Furnish ing Goods trade. Everybody is quoting bargains in some special line for the purpose of doing business. We offer bar gains in all lines. Our goods are ALL bought very cheap and are OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC . > ' -j • i : . / m the same I;• - - • way. Our in ducements are low prices in every depart ment, courteous treatment to all, and full value for your money. Goods marked in plain figures. No deviation. Look us ~ over before you buy. A We feel sure we can please you in price, style, quality, fit, make and durability. JACOBS & COMPANY, Mammoth One-Price Clothing House, Corner Fifteenth and Larimer Streets, Denver, Colo. support any political organization which assumes a doubtful or evasive attitude upon these first and fundamental prin ciples of popular government. Standing firmly upon this solid ground of liberty and justice the true and patri otic American opposes every conspiracy against the principles of universal suf frage aud the protection of all the peo ple in their social and political rights. In this spirit do the intelligent and thinking war men of America make common cause without regard to color or condition for the protection of their common rights against the aggressions of corporate and political oppression, and in this spirit does the true Ameri can statesman demand in the name of justice the recognition of the rightful claims of united labor. American insti tutions permit no feudal socage or dis tinctions of sup ;riority except those of superior intellect and virtue. The in dustrial and political independence of the wage worker who is invested with tne insignia of Amenc in citizenshi p is a constitutional right u on which Ameri can workingmen .mist insist if they would perpetuate American freedom or transmit its blessiugs to their children. —lrish World. A CARD. To all who are suffering from the errors and Indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, kc., I will send a recipe that will cur© you,FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered by a missionary in South America. Send a self-addressed envelope to the Rsrv. Joseph T. INMAN, Station D, Nero York City. CONSUMPTION CURED. An old physician, retired from practice, having had placed In his hands by an East India missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and perma nent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Ca tarrh, Asthma and all throat and Lung Affec tions, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints, after having tested its wonderful curative Sowers In thousands of. cases, has. felt it his uty to make it known to his suffering fel lows. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve human suffering, I will send free of charge, to all who desire It, this recipe, In German, French or English, with full direc tions for preparing and using. Sent by mall by addressl ng with stamp, naming this paper, w. A. Noyks, 149 Power's Bldck, Rochester New York. an extraordinary offer. To All Wanting Employment. We want Live, Energetic and Capable Agents every county in the United States and Cana da, to sell a patent article of great merit, on ITS MERITS. An article having a large sale, pay ing over too per cent profit, having no compe tition, and on which the agent is protected in the exclusive sale by a deed given for each and every county he may secure from us. With all these advantages to our agents and the fact that it is an article that can he sold to every house owner, it might not be necessary to make an “EXTRAORDINARY offer” to secure good agents at once, hut we have concluded to make it to show, not only our confidence in the ments of our invention, but in its salability by any agent that will handle it with energy. Our agents now at work are making from $l5O to $6OO a month clear and this fact makes it safe for us to make our offer to all who are out of employ, ment Any agent that will give our business a thirty days* trial and fail to clear at least sicc in this time, above all expenses, can return J1 roods unsold to us and we will refund the money paid for them. Any agent or general agent who would like ten or more counties and work them through sub-agents for ninety days and fail to clear at least $750 above ALL EX PENSES, can return all unsold and get their money back. No other employer of agents ever dared to make such offers, nor would we if we did not know that we have agents now making more than doable the amount we guaranteed; »td but two sales a day would give a profit of »ver $125 a month, and that one of our agents look eighteen orders in one day. scriptive circulars explain our offer fully, and these we wish to send to everyone out of em ployment who will send us three one cent stamps for postage. Send at once and * ecur * the agency in time forthe boom, and go to work on thi terms named in our extraordinary offer. We would like to have the address of all the agents, sewing machine solicitoxe and carpen ters in the country, and ask any reader of this paper who reads this offer, to send us at once the name and address of all such they know. Address at once, or you will lose the best chance ever offered to those out of employment to max* CABINET PHOTO’S $1.50 per dozen. Baby pictures taken by the new INSTAN TANEOUS PROCESS. Proof of all pic tures given the day after setting. FOREMAN, 377 Larimer Street Bet. 14tb 4fc Utb. All wark guaranteed. The Best Utterance on the Labor Ques tion. “Solutions Soclalea,” translated by Marie Howland. "Social Solutions,” a semi-monthly pamphlet, containing each a twelfth part of an ad nirabie English tr nslation of M. Godin’s statement of the course of study which led him to conceive the So rial Palace at Guise, France. There is no question that this publication makes an era in the growth of the labor ques tion. It should serve as the manual for organized labor in its present contest, since its teachings will as surelv lead to tbe destruction of the wages system as the abolition movement lead to that of chattel slavery. Each number contains articles of importance, besides the por tions of the translation. Many of these are tra islated from M. Godin’s contri butions to tbe Soci .listic propaganda in Europe. Publisher as regular issues of the J. W. Lovell Library, by the J. W. Lovell Co., 14 A 16 Ve>ey street. New York. N. Y., at 10 cents Der number; the sub scription of i>l secures the delivery of the complete series. Contents of No. 4 The Co-Operative Traveller Abroad. The Festival of Labor—With an address by M. Godin. The Ethical Movement—lts Recent Festival. Puget Sound Credit Foncier. Contemporary Comment. Across the Continent for SI, and Social Solutions. By M. Godin. Translated by Marie Howland. Contents of No. 5. 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